Internet outage in Qatar

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Internet outage in Qatar

Qatar · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Qatar. 4 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

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Evidence

73%

Anomaly Rate

4

Measurements

67%

Confidence

What This Means

73% of 4 network tests from Qatar failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 70+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet

ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)

Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship

Detection TimeMay 3, 2026

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Corroborating Evidence (26)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis4 records

outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Khawr"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.88

May 3, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Ar Rayyān"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.63

May 3, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Umm Salal"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.81

May 3, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Ad Dawhah"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.60

May 3, 2026

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Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research22 records

dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

May 3, 2026

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dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

May 3, 2026

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dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

May 3, 2026

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dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

May 3, 2026

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dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

May 3, 2026

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+ 17 more Censored Planet records

Affected Services (16)

BBCChatGPTClaudeFacebookGeminiInstagramMediumNew York TimesSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube

Blocked Domains (22)

bbc.com chat.openai.com chatgpt.com claude.ai facebook.com gemini.google.com google.com huggingface.co instagram.com medium.com nytimes.com openai.com reddit.com signal.org substack.com telegram.org theguardian.com tiktok.com tumblr.com twitter.comand 2 more

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What we cannot say

Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this to any government, ISP, or other actor.
Intent — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
Which networks — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
The mechanism — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, an HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
A confirmed duration — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
Sub-national scope — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Qatar [QA-2026-0033]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/QA-2026-0033

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Internet outage in Qatar

Evidence

What This Means

How We Detected This

Corroborating Evidence (26)

Affected Services (16)

Blocked Domains (22)

What we cannot say

Cite This Incident

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